Search for dissertations about: "russia construction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words russia construction.

  2. 1. Architectures of Life-Building in the Twentieth Century : Russia, Germany, Sweden

    Author : Irina Seits; Sven-Olov Wallenstein; Irina Sandomirskaja; Thordis Arrhenius; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; architecture of the twentieth century; modernism; Soviet avantgarde; functionalism; constructivism; life-building; Russia; Germany; Sweden; urban theory; IKEA; living space; everyday life; home; Архитектура двадцатого века; жизнестроение; авангард; модернизм; функционализм; ИКЕЯ; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The modernist concept of life-building as an architectural method for improving the conditions of everyday life originated in Europe during the 1920s. This book explores three modes of functionalism by way of a comparative analysis of both the theoretical discourses and architectural practices associated with functionalism in Russia, Germany, and Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. On the Good Faith : A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia

    Author : Anna Tessmann; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Zoroastrianism; Russia; new religious movement; mass culture; esotericism; discourse; science; new mass media; literature;

    Abstract : Zoroastrianism, a religion originating in the ancient East and having survived to the present day, is currently being practiced on a very small scale throughout the whole world. Since the early 1990s there has been a gradually increasing public interest in Zoroastrianism in Russia and some of the former Soviet republics where small pockets of new non-ethnic Zoroastrians have sprung up. READ MORE

  5. 3. Queering Images of Russia in Sweden : Discursive hegemony and counter-hegemonic articulations 1991–2019

    Author : Kirill Polkov; Teresa Kulawik; Ann Werner; Katharina Wiedlack; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russia; Sweden; non-normative sexuality; queer theory; national image; hybridity; temporality; Swedish sexual exceptionalism; homonationalism; visibility; discourse; LGBT; LGBTQ; homosexuality; Ryssland; Sverige; icke-normativ sexualitet; queerteori; nationell bild; hybriditet; temporalitet; svensk sexuell exceptionalism; homonationalism; synlighet; diskurs; hbtq; hbt; homosexualitet; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This study examines the role of non-normative sexuality in the construction of national images. It focuses on how non-normative sexuality affects and is affected by Swedish constructions of the image of Russia and, by extension, Sweden’s self-image. READ MORE

  6. 4. On the Good Faith : A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia

    Author : Anna Tessmann; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : Zoroastrianism is ascribed to the teachings of the legendary prophet Zarathustra and originated in ancient times. It was developed within the area populated by the Iranian peoples, and following the Arab conquest, it formed into a diaspora. In modern Russia it has evolved since the endof the Soviet era. READ MORE

  7. 5. Talking Threats : The Social Construction of National Security in Russia and the United States

    Author : Roxanna Sjöstedt; Thomas Ohlson; Johan Eriksson; Jeffrey Checkel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; threat images; security; securitization; norms; ideas; HIV AIDS; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : Why are some issues seen as threats? This dissertation attempts to explain the dynamics of threat construction by national decision-makers. The theoretical ambition is twofold: first, the dissertation aims at improving the research on threat construction by suggesting a broad approach that analyzes this process in a structured manner. READ MORE